Four soldiers, one kid, zero easy answers — this 14-minute gut punch will haunt you.
Four Australian soldiers become compromised when they capture a young Afghani boy spying on their reconnaissance position.
Direction
Chebatte squeezes feature-film dread into 14 suffocating minutes.
Acting
Toby Wallace's silent panic speaks louder than any dialogue.
Editing
Tight cuts that refuse to let you breathe or look away.
Director
Joseph Chebatte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Australia's controversial involvement in Afghanistan, the film sparked debate about military accountability and media representation of war crimes.
The boy never speaks subtitled English — his silence becomes the film's most devastating weapon against viewer comfort.
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